2.) The Online Merriam-Webster Dictionary also states that, a "homonym" is, "One of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but in different meaning (as in the noun Quail and the verb quail)."
Perspective:From the perspective of someone who does not speak the English language well, homonyms are - verbally - just as confusing as homophones.
~ Considering that homonyms are both spelled and said the same way, they are confusing in both spoken and written communication!
INTERESTING FACT!!!
In the text Language Exploration and Awareness chapter on “Words and Lexiconography, the author, Larry Andrews references James B. Hobbs’ Homophones and Homographs: An American Dictionary (Andrews 101). If you look this dictionary up on amazon.com, you discover that, in the English language, Hobbs “defines and cross-references 9,040 homophones and 2,133 homographs.”
Perspective: From the perspective of someone who does not speak the English language well, homonyms are - verbally - just as confusing as homophones.
~ Considering that homonyms are both spelled and said the same way, they are confusing in both spoken and written communication!
INTERESTING FACT!!!
In the text Language Exploration and Awareness chapter on “Words and Lexiconography, the author, Larry Andrews references James B. Hobbs’ Homophones and Homographs: An American Dictionary (Andrews 101). If you look this dictionary up on amazon.com, you discover that, in the English language, Hobbs “defines and cross-references 9,040 homophones and 2,133 homographs.”
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